Tyler Peaton, left, and New Hampshire state Rep. Don LeBrun launch a campaign in Concord, N.H., last year calling on policymakers to address the looming and growing national debt.

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George Voinovich

George Voinovich is a former Republican U.S. senator and governor of Ohio.

Ohio's congressional delegation must get serious about fixing the debt. In this time of serial self-inflicted fiscal crises, our Ohio leaders are in a powerful position to move Congress toward enacting a comprehensive plan that puts our economy back on track. We must push through the current deadlock between the two parties and find a way to deal with our growing national debt.

The debt problems we face are gigantic. At over $11.8 trillion, the publicly held portion of our national debt is over 73 percent of the size of ...